Trenching-tool.



1,245,812. ,Patented NOV.' e,l 1917.

Henny, w, sivroorz,4 pt .asratny fraaie' 'Beit-'known' thatlLHARRv W. SMOCK, a

certain; new and useful Improvementftin Trenehing-Tools, of which thevfollowingyis .a specification.

My present invention4 pertains @tosani improved trenehing tool, 'andfhas for its :main obj eet the production of a tool, whioln while being of light weight, presents a maximum ofstrengthas well as-a simplicity of-oonstruction; l .i Y a The toolv is designedto present a pick, a Combined shovel` andmattook, and a, wirecutter, andi'islsoeonstructedlthat the .tool

element or-fbody maybe readily andposi- 'tively locked* in either 'of rits, adjusted posi- 2otions with' referencetoi the handle.V The-'tool'v is 'illustratedf'in the annexed drawings, wherein ,FigureJ 1 is a planor-ace view thereof, withthe shovel blade lying in alinement with the handle, .Y .z i Fig; 2 a longitudinali seotionals eleva-tion.;v

-' Fig. 3 atransverse seetionk Ourthe-line 111;-1'1'1 of Fig'. 2;

the same' ligure the.; una Wfrv of Fig" 5" aSeet'ional leleViLtion, showingi the Fig.` Lla like' viewon Vhandle as locked V'atright angles-I:V to; the tool element; y o

Fig. 61 a perspective view-of` a portion of the toolgand handle;

Fig. 7a similar view of the body orshub Y intermediate the piek and blade portions of the tool; vand Y Fig- 8 a perspective yview of the strengthening boX or frame employed in connection with the hub; f

The piek element 1, the wings or? plates 2 and 3 of the hub, and the blade or shovel member 4, are all preferably formed from a single piece of high-grade sheet steel stamped or out out and bent to form. The abutting edges of the piel: element are brazed and a point 5 sweated in place.

The shovel element 4, at the upper or inner end, is flanged, as at 6, said flanges merging into the wings 2 and 3, whereby the structure is materially strengthened. The outer end is out straight across and sharpened, as at 7, whereby a cutting edge is produced, enabling one to use the tool as a mat- Y Specimen@ @metterei-meaty,"

' ..tookyor.hatohet,` when thejihandle stands, at

' right angles tothe tool,` as inFig.'

110,' and'V astopplate 11.;A rlll-he side VVplates 8 .and`9 are spaced apart such a. distancethat when the boX;is insertedfbetweenrthewings- 2` andthey .make e closey Contact; therewith,

the. illerplater` 10; extending; inwardly betweenathe flanged;` seotionsjG, where` Athey mergeintothe wings 2ar1d3` The boxwill be brazedzfonsweated in.plaee. Flate 11,;

forms av stop; on abutment/for the handle 12 whenv in 'either of y its, adj usted, positions 5, See `Figs.'2 and 5av 1 v rThe 1 handle, which; is preferably-I .hollow `vand madeof'fsteel, is rectangular informat,

its inner end, and-isfnlerumed on a throughypinor rivetlrfwhieh passes through? the handle andi through thefwingsz2 and3 of the hub; and;v also through4 the :platf-is` and 9.

The 4pin1;3 passesjthrough the, axis5 of; the,

handle and through the hub and boXgat a Vpoint nearerthe bottomthan the top thereof., and upon the, 'oppositel side` ,of the center line of the' box-,to ,thatg ovtfthe pivotfpin ,14

ofi-thelookingmember. The look ,comprises a. -platelikemembr having wings. 15 and v16 diametrioally disposed Y upon the pin 14; Sald pinhasormed asy an.y extension thereof a handle;onor-ank 17 which` lies closel to the outerifaee of;Wing.V y. y

`vThe. parts are; soproportiorled; that when the-tool is:v to be employed as ,a shovel (Figs. 1y and 2;)thep'ont ,bears wai-11st the. 11andie, i2, at which time aant its breng-ht.- to the position shown in Fig. 4 and the wings 15 and ,161, bear, respectively, against the inner-face of the outer wall of the piek (or that portion of the structure between the piek and shovel) and against the handle;

The opposite face of the handle at such time linds a bearing against the inner face of the stop 11, and the parts are held firmly in place.

- W'hen the handle 12 is brought to the posi tion shown in Fig. 5, the lock is rst turned so as to release the handle and then brought to bear against the handle and the inner face of filler piece or element 10. The handle at such time bears against the edge of Stop member 11 and, at its opposite side and `IPatentdfevfftxll f iApplicationfiledhayas,1917.l seriaikivaiaaaoa.. l j

Itis formedV preferably adjacent its upper end against the edge 18V 'reason that it has a direct bearing upon other parts, as above set forth.

In order to prevent the lock trom jumping, and to indicatey when it has been propcrly positioned,` l may form two pairs of lugs or projections 19, 19 and 20, 2O upon plate 2, between which crank 17 will spring when it is brought to one or another of its adjusted positions. Such lugs, however, l find are not essential to the lock.

fire-cutting jaws 21, 22 may be secured to the pick and handle, respectively, and by reason oit their location adjacent the pivot pin 13 a powerful leverage secured with the handle 12 and the pick section 1.

The tool as aboveset itorth iills all the requirements of the trench tool ot today. It is strong, light and compact; it alfords a pick, a shovel, a mattock or hatchet (this latter-'by reason of the straighasharpened edge 7) and a wire-cutter.

The lock being inclosed except yfor the crank or lever 17, is not subject to injury and is not liable to be clogged by dirt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: v

1. 1n a combined tool, the combination of a tool element having a hub; a handle pivoted in said hub; and a lock pivotally supported in said hub and incloscd thereby, said lock bearing upon the handle and the oppositely-disposed portion or member of the tool under respective adjustments of the handle with reference to the tool element.

2. 1n a combined tool,'the combination of a tool element having a hub; a handle pivotally connected to the hub, with` the end of the handle extending thereinto; and a plate-like locking element pivotally mount- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing Washington, D. G.

ed within the hub, said element under one adjustment of the handle bearing against the handle and the inner face of the opposite wall of the-tool element, and under its other adjustment against the handle and the oppositely-dispesed wall of the hub.

3. ln a combined tool, the combination of two tool elements and an interposed angular hub; a handle pivoted adjacent one of the lower corners of said hub; and a plate-like lock pivotally mounted within the hub at the opposite upper portion of the hub, said lock bearing, respectively, against the'adjacent face of the handle under different adjustments thereof with reference to the tool elements and hub, and against the oppositely-disposed wall of the tool element or the hub.

4f. In a combined tool, the combination of a tool element having a pair of laterally-eX- tending wings; a box-like member embraced by said wings, said element comprising two tace plates which bear against said wings, a iiller plate, and a stop element, said wings and boX forming a hub a handle pivoted between said wings, the inner end of the handle, under one adjustment, lying in contact with the inner face of the stop element, and under another adjustment against the edge thereof; and a lock housed within the hub, adapted to contact with the inner end of the handle and to hold the same against movement with reference to the hub and tool elements.

Vso

5. In a combined tool, the 'combination of alined tool elements and an intermediate hub; said elements and hub being formed from a single piece of metal bent to form; a handle pivotally connected to the hub and adapted to be brought into parallelism with said tool elements or at rightangles thereto; a plate-like lock pivoted within the upper portion of the hub and housed thereby; and a lever connected to said ylock and lying alongside one of the outer faces of said hub.-

In testimony whereof l Vhave signed my name to this specification.

HARRY w. sMocK.

the Commissioner of Patente, 

